RICHARD WAGNER: German composer. The Ring, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Parsifal, etc

GIUSEPPE VERDI: Italian. Operas: Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto, etc

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY: Russian composer. 6 Symphonies, opera, ballets, etc 

IGOR STRAVINSKY: Russian composer. Rite of Spring, Petrushka, etc

RICHARD STRAUSS: German composer. Der Rosenkavalier, tone poems, etc

JOHANN STRAUSS: Austrian composer. "The Waltz King". The Blue Danube, etc

JEAN SIBELIUS: Born in Finland, best known for Finlandia, Swan of Tuonela, etc

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: Russian composer best known for his piano works

ROBERT SCHUMANN: 4 Symphonies, songs, overtures, piano pieces, etc

FRANZ SCHUBERT: Famous for 9 symphonies, hundreds of songs, piano sonatas, etc

GIOACHINO ROSSINI: Italian. Operas Barber of Seville, William Tell, etc

MAURICE RAVEL: French composer best known for Bolero, Rapsodie Espagnole, etc

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Russian composer/pianist. Piano Conertos, Preludes, etc

HENRY PURCELL: British composer of operas Dido and Aeneas, Fairy Queen, etc

GIACOMO PUCCINI: Italian composer of operas La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, etc

SERGEI PROKOFIEV: Russian composer of The Classical Symphony, operas, etc

FRANCIS POULENC: French composer of ballet music, chamber music, etc

GIOVANNI PALESTRINA: early Italian composer of music for unaccompanied voice

CARL NIELSON: Danish composer of symphonies, operas, etc

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: Austrian. Symphonies, concertos, operas, etc

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI: early Italian composer of operas Orfeo, etc

FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Symphonies, Overtures, Concertos, Elijah, Fingal's Cave, etc

GUSTAV MAHLER: Best known for 10 symphonies, song cycles, etc

FRANZ LISZT: Hungarian composer/pianist. Hundreds of piano pieces, etc

ULYSSES KAY: American composer, past neighbor. Concerto for Orchestra, etc

LEOS JANACEK: Czechoslovakian composer of numerous choral works, Jenufa, etc

CHARLES IVES: prolific composer best known for 4 Symphonies

ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK: German composer best known for Hansel and Gretel

ALAN HOVHANESS: prolific composer best known for Mysterious Mountain, etc.

GUSTAV HOLST: composer best known for orchestral work The Planets

PAUL HINDEMITH: German composer best known for Mathis der Maler, etc

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN: Austrian composer of >100 symphonies, The Creation, etc.

GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL: The Messiah, Concerto Grossi, Water Music, etc

EDVARD GRIEG: Norwegian composer of Peer Gynt, Holberg Suite, piano pieces, etc

CHARLES GOUNOD: French composer of operas Faust, Romeo and Juliet, etc

GEORGE GERSHWIN: American composer, Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy & Bess, etc

GABRIEL FAURE: prolific French composer. Pelléas et Mélisande, Pavane, etc.

MANUEL DE FALLA: Spanish composer of ballets The Three-Cornered Hat, etc

ANTONIN DVORAK: The New World Symphony, Humoresque, Slavonic Rhapsodies, etc

GAETANO DONIZETTI: Italian. Operas Elixir of Love, Lucia di Lammermoor, etc

CLAUDE DEBUSSY: French composer of La Mer and Claire de lune

AARON COPLAND: American composer of Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, etc.

FREDERIC CHOPIN: Polish. Best known for piano Etudes, Preludes, Nocturnes, etc

ANTON BRUCKNER: Austrian composer best known for large scale symphonic works

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Best known for operas Billy Budd, Peter Grimes, etc

JOHANNES BRAHMS: German composer. Four Symphonies, German Requiem, etc

ALEXANDER BORODIN: Russian composer best known for opera Prince Igor

GEORGES BIZET: French composer best known for opera Carmen

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: American composer/conductor. West Side Story, etc

HECTOR BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique, operas, choral works, etc.

ALBAN BERG: Composer of operas Lulu, Wozzeck, etc

VINCENZO BELLINI: Italian composer of operas (Norma, I Puritani), etc.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: 9 Symphonies, 1 Opera (Fidelio), etc.

BELA BARTOK: Hungarian composer. Works include Concerto for Orchestra, etc.

SAMUEL BARBER: American composer best known for Adagio for Strings

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH: Brandenburgs, Passions, Organ works, "Ahhh, Bach!"